Happy Mother's Day to my mom.

I've posted about this before (and I'll probably do it again). My mother planted some pink petunias in this pot in the summer of 1996. Sadly, she died suddenly the following winter. After all those years these flowers still come up every year. Same soil, same pot. Petunias are sold as annuals but this is proof that under the right conditions everything is perennial. Or maybe my mom is saying hi to us every year. Happy Mother's Day to a great mom!

Hi Mom!

I mentioned this petunia last July. My mother bought some petunias in the summer of 1996 and put them in this planter on her deck. She died the following March. The planter stayed in precisely the same place on that deck until my dad died in 2005. The planter then came to my house and has been sitting in the same spot since then. The soil has never been turned. Once a year or so I add a bit of new good soil to the top layer. It blooms every year. It's my mom saying hi.

Where my mom's ashes were scattered. Far western Maryland. So pretty. Hi mom.